By Amphibian


Every day, we take a walk to Rock Creek at the end of our street. We have observed the beauty of nature and have discovered plants, birds and water life. We even saw a trout! Before getting to the creek, we found an area with still water and…. lots of tadpoles. Let’s learn about them. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gmlaclb3K2o

Here is an activity to review the Frog’s life cycle https://www.themailbox.com/magazines/science-activity-frogs-life-cycle/it-s-a-frog-s-life

Science

Frogs are part of the amphibian family, just like toads, salamanders and newts. They have many characteristics, but the main one is that they can breath through their skins! This video will explain some characteristics of amphibians. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XI8GPsf6TAc After viewing the video, help your child to review characteristics of amphibians:

  1. Are carnivorous
  2. Have lungs like us but also breath through their skins ( have your child show where his/her lungs are)
  3. Lay eggs
  4. Are vertebrates or have a backbone like us (Have your child touch his/her backbone)
  5. wet skin (have you child imagine being in the pool)

If your child has a nature journal, take a walk and write if you see tadpoles with your child’s drawing that you can label and date.

Critters at the a Pond Science Page also helps to review what else you can see visiting a pond! https://www.themailbox.com/magazines/science-worksheet-pond-animals/critters-at-the-pond

You can also view Jump, Frog, Jump! Book by Robert Kaplan that tells you about other creatures. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=scwwxjzayXM

Language Arts

In class, we usually read 5 Green and Speckled Frogs by https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qt-8-CWgR7s and use our hands and our forearm while we sing the song.

Good Morning, Pond by Alyssa Satin Capucilli is an excellent introduction to pond life too.

There are other fun songs too:
“I’m A Little Froggy” Song (Tune of “I’m a Little Teapot”)

I’m a little froggy slick and green.

I once was a tadpole, as you have seen.

Then I grew some strong legs swimming about.

And now I am a frog.

Hurray, let’s shout!

“Ribbit!”

Another one is “Frog on a Log” Fingerplay

A little frog sat on a log, (Make a frog mouth with one hand)
As quiet as can be.
He didn’t move. He didn’t croak.
He didn’t notice me.
By and by, a little fly (Wiggle index finger of other hand)
Came buzzing to and fro. (Move index or fly toward the frog’s mouth)
A tongue shot out; I looked again. (close hand around index finger)
Now where did that fly go? (Hide hands behind back)

Math

Help your child to continue his/her pattern on the April calendar (Info-Reptiles Week 3)


Hop to It Math Game to print and play https://www.themailbox.com/magazines/math-game-addition-to-5-with-pictures/hop-to-it-7

Frog Number 1-20 Page to print and review numbers with your child https://www.themailbox.com/magazines/numbered-frogs/numbered-frogs

Sort Frogs by Size Worksheet https://twistynoodle.com/frog-sort-by-size-coloring-page/

Art

For this frog craft, you need (1) the frog and flies pattern below
https://www.themailbox.com/magazines/frog-and-flies-pattern/07_maypri_frogs, (2) blue, green, brown construction paper, (3) glue, (4) marker, (5) scissors.

To start, you need to help your child to:

  1. cut out the frog and flies pattern;
  2. trace the frog on green construction paper;
  3. cut the frog and make a horizontal cut for its mouth;
  4. use the marker to make two eyes and some skin markings;
  5. Glue the frog on the blue construction paper, avoiding to put glue in the frog center from top to bottom to allow you to slide the brown piece of construction paper to move up and down;
  6. cut a long slip of brown paper, glue a fly to it and slide it through the mouth toward the frog the frog’s bottom;
  7. glue other flies around.


More fun frog projects to choose from:

Stand Up Frog Craft https://www.themailbox.com/magazines/frog-craft/stand-up-frog
Tongue Flicking Frog Art Craft https://www.themailbox.com/magazines/frog-mask-craft/tongue-flicking-frog

Lily Pad Craft https://www.themailbox.com/magazines/lily-pad-craft/lily-pad-look-alikes

Small Motor Skills

Match the Frog Worksheet http://www.tlsbooks.com/matchthefrogs.html

Frog Tracing Coloring Page https://twistynoodle.com/frog-tracing-coloring-page/

Count the Frog Worksheet https://twistynoodle.com/count-the-frogs-coloring-page/

Cut And Paste Letters in FROG https://twistynoodle.com/cut-and-paste-the-letters-f-r-o-g-coloring-page/

Gross Motor Skills

For this activity, you might want to cut out lily pads out of green construction paper. Here is the Frog Song to sing (Tune of “Do You Know the Muffin Man?”):

Oh, look! I see some (hopping) frogs, (have your child do the action)

Some (hopping) frogs, some (hopping) frogs!

Oh, look! I see some (hopping) frogs,

Some (hopping) frogs, some (hopping) frogs,

All around the pond.

Sing additional verses with a different action word than the one in parenthesis, such as jumping, sleeping, croaking, dancing, etc.